Dominican Republic is about 34 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 2.95% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (76.1 million fewer people live in Dominican Republic).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Dominican Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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